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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Past perfect
Hello,
Is the underlined verb form correct? Can I sue Past Simple instead? Thank you for responding!
When I had phoned your office, nobody wanted to talk with me.
Is the underlined verb form correct? Can I sue Past Simple instead? Thank you for responding!
When I had phoned your office, nobody wanted to talk with me.
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Simple past for both actions (which happened at essentially the same time). " "When I phoned your office today, everyone was eating lunch.
- Simple past for both actions (which happened at essentially the same time).
- " "When I phoned your office today, everyone was eating lunch.
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Simple past for both actions (which happened at essentially the same time). To see the use of tenses:
"When I phoned your office today, everyone had already gone home."
"When I phoned your office today, everyone was eating lunch.
"When I phoned your office today, everyone had already gone home."
"When I phoned your office today, everyone was eating lunch.
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